St. Patrick's Day Sucks.

Ah, poor Saint Patrick. I don't suppose people in Ireland wake up at 6 in the morning to drink red, white and blue beer and act like d-bags on July 4th, do they? So why the disrespect here? It's more like St. Frat's day... am I right??.

Of course, for someone annoyed with this particular holiday, I choose to live in the city that somehow manages to stretch the cele-bauchery to last 2 weeks. The festivities begin 8 days before the actual holiday with the first parade (of like 20) during which a million Cubs fans and other former frat boys band together and migrate south to an area of the city they only dare visit once a year in such safe numbers. Next they proceed to get loaded on green-tinted beer and unload their green-tinted pee into the river, giving it a dazzling new hue. Then the rest of the city says in unison, "OMG the river is green!" and throws another celebration. OK, I admit I've never attended these events and I have no idea what they are like, but this is how I imagine them anyhow.

In all seriousness though, what kind of feat is dying the Chicago River green? Has anyone seen that river before? Its fucking green everyday. Color me unimpressed.


Anyway, this is supposed to be a music blog so here are some tunes to listen to on Monday while you stay inside hiding from buses full of assholes in plastic hats.

The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Evergreen - Joe, Marc's Brother
Greener - Tally Hall
Let Ken Green - Stars of Track and Field
Dear Old Greenland - Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire